Our team of experienced and dedicated professionals are responsible for the business strategy at both bank while ensuring higher returns to our shareholders and seamless customer service.
Mr Gervais Gua
Mr Gervais Gua is a seasoned banking and financial services executive with extensive C-suite experience across wealth management, commercial & retail lending, and international banking.
Mr Gua has held senior leadership roles in global financial institutions and has led the establishment and scaling of regulated banking and wealth management platforms across multiple jurisdictions. Notably, he was part of the founding leadership team that established Deutsche Bank in Mauritius.
He later established and led a licensed wealth management platform in Singapore for the Reliance Group, serving as Chief Operating Officer and subsequently as Chief Executive Officer.
Throughout his career, Mr Gua has operated under some of the world’s most stringent regulatory regimes and is recognised for his strong regulatory credibility, operational excellence, and disciplined governance. His leadership approach is focused on building resilient institutions and delivering sustainable, long-term growth.
Mr Gua is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), United Kingdom, a Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), United Kingdom, and a Chartered Banker (CB), awarded by the Chartered Banker Institute (UK). He has operated under numerous reputable regulatory frameworks including the SEC, FCA, MAS, SEBI, RBI, CSSF, Central Bank of Ireland, CIMA, FSC, and FSRA.
Mr Gua is the recipient of multiple prestigious industry awards recognising outstanding leadership, client service excellence, and strategic business transformation. Notable recognitions include the Global Award Winner, Deutsche Bank (2006) for highest global revenue generation from a single transaction and exceptional service quality, as well as recognition for service excellence and superior client satisfaction in asset management at Reliance/Nippon Life Asset Management, Singapore.
He was appointed Officer-in-Charge of the Bank on the 1st of March 2026 and Executive Director on the Board of Directors of SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd in May 2026.
MR TEDDY KIAN LIM ALING
Mr Teddy Kian Lim Aling is Head of Finance and Capital Management at SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd, overseeing Finance, Procurement, and Asset & Liability Management. Mr Aling has spent over 20 years in the Banking and Finance sectors, working in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and more recently in Mauritius. He has gained most of his banking experience with Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital, and Standard Chartered Bank. During his career, Mr Aling has held several senior roles, including those of CFO at Standard Chartered Bank (Mauritius) Ltd and CEO of a regulated Financial Services entity. Mr Aling is a CFA Charterholder from the CFA Institute and a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He also holds a BSc (Econ) Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.
Mr Sanda Soondram
Mr Sanda Soondram is the Head of Strategy and Business Development at SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd since October 2021. He also currently oversees the Sustainability department of the Bank. Mr Soondram has over 25 years of experience at both local and international levels, with extensive expertise in banking, investment banking, financial management, strategic planning and corporate finance fields.
Mr Soondram has previously been part of the SBM Group from 2013 to 2018, holding several positions, namely Head of Value-Based Performance Management and Strategy, and Head of Non-Banking Financial Cluster (NBFC). In recent years, he has also served as Director on several boards of the SBM Group. Mr Soondram has led transformation programmes that have helped organisations reach their full potential, ensuring that the lines of business under his supervision consistently support corporate growth objectives ahead of business plan projections.
Mr Soondram holds a BSc (Hons) Financial Economics and an MSc Finance from the Birkbeck College, University of London, as well as an MBA from the Institute of Professional Financial Managers. He is also a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).
MRS RITA-DEVI PERSAND GUJADHUR
Mrs Rita Gujadhur is a seasoned banker with a long career spanning over 35 years at SBM. She currently holds the post of Chief Financial Management Officer of the Bank and has served as its Officer-in-Charge from the end of March 2025 to the 28th of February 2026.
She joined the Trade Finance Department in 1988, where she spent 9 years and acquired a full insight of the trade finance operations before moving to the International Banking Division. She has from then on assumed various positions of increasing responsibilities within the Bank and at Holdings level as Head of Value-Based Performance Management, Head of Operations Centre & Trade Finance, Head of Strategy & Data Analytics and Group Head Financial Management.
Mrs Gujadhur has been an active member in various key forums such as the Operational Risk Forum, the Management Credit Forum, the Portfolio Credit Forum, the Asset and Liability Management Committee and the Group Executive Forum. She has also been involved in the implementation of major IT projects within the Bank.
She holds an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK, and a Diploma in Business Management from the Surrey European Management School, University of Surrey, UK.